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St Giles (Camberwell) 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

Published
1890
Pages
389
Tables
125

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  • Page 9
    LIST OF ROADS & FOOTWAYS. The following is a List of the Roads and Footways within this Parish—the Public Roads or those which are under the control of the Vestry, and the Private Roads which are not under Vestry supervision except as to Lighting.
    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads,Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads,Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    NamePublic Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name,Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads,. Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads,Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name. .Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    Name.Public Roads.Private Roads.
    Length in Yards.
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    SUMMARY.
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    "NEW STREETS." The following Roads having become "New Streets" have been paved at the cost of the Owners, under the parliamentary provisions of the 18th and 19th, and 25th and 26th Vic., the actual cost has been ascertained, and the difference between the Surveyor's estimated and actual cost, collected from or returned to the Owners in each of the respective "New Streets," and which are now therefore added in the list of Public Roads:—
    Length in Yds.Length in Yds.
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    The number, mileage, and cost of "New Streets" paved since the Vestry undertook such special works is as follows:—
    Year.No. of Streets.Length in miles.Approximate Cost.
  • Page 58
    The following will shew the additions and alterations referred to:—
    Company providing the supplyNo. of Lamps lighted at Lady-day, 1889.New Lamps erected in year ending Lady-day, 1890.Total No. of ordinary lamps at Lady-day 1890.
  • Page 60
    The same were viewed and reported upon by the Surveyor, and after certain modifications the Vestry recommended the Council to approve three and refuse one application. The Council approved of four.
    NAMES OF STREETS.Decision of London County Council.Recommendation of Vestry.
  • Page 64
    The following is a list of the several Drinking Fountains and Cattle Troughs in the Parish, and which are maintained by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountains' Association, the Vestry contributing £5 per annum towards the cost of the water supply.
    Drinking Fountains.Cattle Troughs.
  • Page 69
    ROAD WATERING. The supply of water, the mileage of roads watered, and the amount paid for water, rent and repairs of meters and standposts was as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    Southwark & Vauxhall Co.'s supply.Kent Co.'s supply.Lambeth Water Co.'s supply.
  • Page 89
    The following extensions of Brick and Pipe Sewers have been executed by the Vestry as public works:—
    Pipe Sewers.Brick.
    9-in.12-in.15-in.2-feet Barrel
    Feet.Feet.Feet.
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    The Plans in each case received such sanction, the works being executed under the supervision of the officers of the Vestry.
    Pipe Sewers.
    12-in.
    Feet.
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    SUMMARY OF GENERAL CONTRACTS.
    Name of Contractor.Nature of Contract.Terms.
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    SUMMARY OF GENERAL CONTRACTS.
    Name of Contractor.Nature of Contract.Terms.
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    SUMMARY OF SPECIAL CONTRACTS.
    Name of Contractor.Nature of Contract.locality of Work.
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    Table I.—Populations of London and of its Groups of Districts at Census of 1881.
    LondonWest D.North D.Central D.East D.South D.
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    Table II.—Births, Deaths, Birth-rates and Death-rates of London and its Groups of Districts for 1889.
    London.West D.North D.Central DEast D.South D.
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    Table III.—Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London for 10 Years.
    Hooping Cough.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Fever.Small Pox.
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    Table IV.—Populations of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
    Parish.Dulwich.Camber-well.PeckhamSt. George's.
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    Table V.—Shewing the Populations of Camberwell and of its Su B -D ist ricts as deduced from the south london Death -Rate and Birth-Rate, and the increase of Assessments since 1881 respectively.
    Population estimated on.Parish.Dulwich.Camber-well.PeckhamSt. George's
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    Table VI.
    Parish.Dulwich.Camber-well.PeckhamSt. George's
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    Table VII.—Births in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
    Parish.Dulwich.Camberwell.Peckham.St. George's.
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    Table VIII.—Birth-rates of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
    Parish.Dulwich.Camberwell.Peckham.St. George's.
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    TABLE XI.— Returns for Births and Deaths for the Fifty-Two Weeks ending Saturday, December 27th, 1889 .
    BIRTHS.DEATHS.
    according to age.according to diseases.
    MFMFMFMFUnder 1 YearBetween 1 and 5.Between 5 and 10.Between 10 and 20.Between 20 and 30.Between 30 and 40.Between 40 and 50.Between 50 and 60.Between 60 and 70.Between 70 and 80.Between 80 and 90.90 and upwards.Violence, Poison, and AccidentPremature Birth or Defective Vitality.Child-birthErysipelas, Pyæ'mia, &c.Pneumonia, Bronchitis, &c.Diarrheal DysenteryCholeraHooping CoughMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaCroupFeverSmall PoxConvulsions. &cTubercular Diseasesother diseases, chiefly Chronic
    Puerperal FeverOther CausesUnder 5Over 5 yearsUnder 5 yearsOver 5 yearsPhthisisOthers
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    TABLE XII.— Supplemental Return of Deaths of Parishioners dying outside the Parish.
    ACCORDING TO AGE.ACCORDING TO DISEASE.
    MFMFUnder 1 year.Between 1 and 5.Between 5 and 10.Between 10 and 20.Between 20 and 30.Between 30 and 40. |Between 40 and 50.Between 50 and 60.Between 60 and 70.Between 70 and 80.Between 80 and 90.90 and upwards.Violence, Poison, and Accident.Premature Birth or Defective Vitality.Child Birth.Erysipelas, Pyæniia, &c.Pneumonia, Bronchitis, &c.Diarrhoea Dysenlry.Cholera.Hooping Cough.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Croup.Fever.Small PoxConvulsions, &c.Tubercular Diseases.Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic.
    Puerperal Fever.Other Causes.Under 5 years.Over 5 years.Under 5Over 5 yearsPhthisis.Other.
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    Table IX.—Redistribution of Deaths among Sub-Districts of Camberwell.
    Deaths returned.Deaths in W. & L. A.Deaths in W. & L. A. subtracted.Deaths in W. & L. A. re-distributed.Estimates of Deaths due to Sub-districts.
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    Table X.—Death-rates of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
    Parish.Dulwich.Camberwell.PeckhamSt. George's
  • Page 121
    And although such diseases lave not on the whole been largely fatal during the five months in which the Act has been in operation, it will be seen by the following table (which gives the total number of cases coming to our knowledge during the first seven months of the year ending March 25th, 1890, and the total notified during the last five months) how largely notification has made us acquainted with the prevalence of infectious diseases, and added to the labours and responsibility of the Sanitary Department.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid FeverSmall-pox.Puerperal FeverErysipelas.Total.
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    TABLE XIII. ANNUAL MORTALITY RETURN OF ZYMOTIC DISEASES FROM 1856 (inclusive).
    YEAR.Hooping Cough.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Fever.Small Pox.Diarrhœa.
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    TABLE XIV. MORTALITY RETURN OF ZYMOTIC DISEASES QUARTERLY, FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
    YEARSHooping Cough.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Fever.Small PoxDiarrhœa.
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    TABLE XV. INFECTIOUS DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE PARISH FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1889, TO 25th MARCH, 1890.
    No. of Ward.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 1. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1889, TO 25 th MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 2. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1880' TO 25th MARCH, 1800.
    Streets.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.1 Erysipelas.
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    WARD 3. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1881 TO 25th MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 4. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM OCTOBER 30th, 1889, TO 25th MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 5. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1889 TO 25th MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 5. —Continued. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30tll OCTOBER, 1889 TO 25th MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 6. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1889, TO 25tll MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
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    WARD 6 .—Continued. LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 30th OCTOBER, 1889, TO 25th MARCH, 1890.
    Streets.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid.Puerperal.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
  • Page 140
    TABLE XVI. Return of Work performed by the Sanitary Inspectors from the 26th March, 1889, to the 25th March, 1890 (inclusive.)
    Description of Work.Inspectors.total.
    Stevenson.Groom.pointon.Dewey.Eagle.
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    Table XVI.—Continued.
    Description of Work.Inspectors.Total.
    Stevenson.Groom.pointon.Dewey.Eagle.
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    TABLE XVII. Return of Articles of Bedding, Clothing-, &c., which have been disinfected after Infectious Disease, from 26th March, 1889, to 25th March, 1890, inclusive.
    Inspectors.DISINFECTED.DESTROYED.Compensation allowed for the articles destroyed.
    Lots.Beds.Blankets.Sheets.Pillows.Mattresses.Palliasses.Bolsters.Counterpanes.Wearing Apparel.Beds.Blankets.Sheets.Pillows.Mattresses.Palliasses.Bolsters.Counterpanes.Wearing Apparel.
    £s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Original.8 Parts of Water.15 Parts of Water.
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    Your Committee have also taken into their consideration the immense area of No. 6 Ward, and consider that the present Ward should be divided into three Wards, namely:—
    Camberwell.East Dulwich.Dulwich.
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    We presume, on account of the great expense and serious responsibility of establishing Electric Lighting Stations, they have however assented to three Company's obtaining Provisional Orders for supplying Electric Light to the City, and have also advertised for tenders for the different Districts for the supply with the following result:—
    District.No. of Are Lamps.Price per Lamp.Total.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    THAT the population of your Petitioners' Parish, and of the Parishes and Unions of Lambeth, Newington, St. George-the-Martyr, St. Saviour Southwark, and St. Olave, which comprise the greater part of South London, have increased during 10 years from 1871 to 1881, as follows:—
    Name.1871 Census.1881 Census.Increase.
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    THAT Camberwell is the largest Parish in the Metropolis, is shown in the following table:—
    Area in Statute Acres.
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    COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES. Account for Year ending 25th March, 1890.
    Cash.£s.d.Contra.£s.d.
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    Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Commissioners for Public Libraries and Museums for the Year ended the 25th day of March, 1890.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    a.—RECEIPTS OTHER THAN FROM LOANS£s.d.£s.d.A.—EXPENDITURE OTHER THAN OUT OF LOANS :—£s.d.£s.d.
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    Statement of the Number of Houses and Persons in the Parish of Camberwell, as talcen in 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851, and 1841, according to the Superintendent Registrar's Returns.
    Number of Houses.Number of Persons.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.Total.Malos.Females.Total.
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    TABLE II. Shewing the Rateable Value for the last 27 years.
    Year.Rateable Value.Increase.
    £s.£s.
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    APRIL 1890 RATE.
    Ward.Number of Assessments.Rateable Value.Area in Acres.
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    ON THE VESTRY RATES.
    Dr.£s.d.
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    VESTRY ACCOUNT.
    Dr.£s.d.£s.d.
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    CHURCHWARDENS.
    Dr.£S.d.
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    It will be seen by the foregoing Statement of Accounts that there are Cash Balances in hand on the different Accounts as follows:—
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    GENERAL RATE.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£.s.d.
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    GENERAL RATE.—Continued.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    GENERAL RATE.—Continued.
    Expenditure. Cr.
    Dr. Receipts.£s.d.£s.d.
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    GENERAL RATE.—Continued.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    GENERAL RATE.—Continued.
    Dr. Liabilities (Partly Estimated.)Assets (Partly Estimated.) Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    GENERAL RATE.—Continued.
    Dr. Estimated Liabilities—Continued.Estimated Assets.—Continued. Cp.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    NEW STREETS WORKS.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SEWERS RATE.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £.s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SEWERS RATE—Continued.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £sd.£s.d.
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    SEWERS. RATE— Continued.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    STATEMENT OF MONEY RAISED ON MORTGAGE BY THE VESTRY.
    Date of Mortgage.Name of Mortgagee.Nature of Security.Amount BorrowedFor what Purpose.Rate of Interest.Term of yearsAnnual Instalment.Amount repaid to March 25th, 1890.Balance due.
    £per cent.years.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SEWERS RATE.— Continued.
    Dr. Liabilities (Partly Estimated).£s.d.Assets. Cr.
    GENERAL WORKS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    LIGHTING RATE.
    Dr. Receipts.£sdExpenditure. Cr.
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    LIGHTING RATE.— Continued.
    Dr. Liabilities.Assets. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    METROPOLITAN CONSOLIDATED RATE.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    A Summary of Cash Received and Expended From March 26th, 1889, to March 25th, 1890.
    Dr.Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    VESTRY RATES.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d,£s.d.£s.d.
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    VESTRY RATES— Continued.
    Dr. Liabilities.Assets. cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Extract from POOR RATES made APRIL 6th, 1889, and OCTOBER 12th, 1889, and Arrears of 1888. At 3s. 4d. in the £.
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    POOR RATE.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £S.d£s.d.£s.d.£s.d
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    POOR RATE.—Continued.
    Dr. Liabilities.Assets. Cr.
    £s.d£s.d.
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    CAMBERWELL BURIAL BOARD. From March 26th 1889 to March 25th, 1890.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d£S.d.£s.d
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    BURIAL BOARD ACCOUNTS.—Continued.
    Dp. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    BURIAL BOARD ACCOUNTS—Continued
    Dr. Liabilities.Assets. Cr.
    £s.d£s.d.
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    CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNT. From March 2 6th, 1889, to March 25 th, 1890.
    Dr. Receipts.Expenditure. Cr.
    £S.d.£s.d.
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    situate at Denmark Hill, bequeathed by Will of Sir Edmond Bowyer dated 11th July, 1862, let as follows:—
    Lessee or Tenant.Description.Yearly Rent.
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    Peckham. Leased for 99 years from 1863 at a ground rent of £50 per annum, and upon which has been erected the "Trafalgar" Public House and 22 dwelling houses and shops. The leases are now held as follows:—
    Tenant or Lessee.Description of Property.Yearly Rent.
  • Page 340
    On this land eight dwelling houses have been erected and a workshop at tear, and held as follows:—
    Tenant or Lessee.Description of Property.Yearly Rent.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Tenants or Lessees.Description of Property.Yearly Kent (Ground Rents).
    £s.d.
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    THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure
    Dr.
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    ESTATES OF ST. GILES. CAMBERWELL.
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    Charity Estates Distribution Committee. THE REPORT OF THE CHARITY DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 352
    AGED PARISHIONERS' GIFT.
    £s.d.
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    SAMARITAN GIFT.
    £s.d.£s.d
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    SPECIAL GIFTS.
    £s.d
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    Collectors of Rates.
    Ward.Division.Name.Address.